3 Ways To Keep Your Best Employees Happy In the Workplace

Employee Management
for Small Business

Awarding Your Employees

Hello, Everyone! Today's It's Your Biz video with, Ivy Hartman, shares three tips on how small business owners with employees can keep their best and current employees happy in their workplace. The goal is to keep the best employees happy to be working at your company, long-term.

The Essential
HR Handbook

Web & Blog Design, SEO, Branding and Video Services - @newwebtemplates

B2B & B2C Web Services

Hello, Everyone!  Today's post features Newwebtemplates.com a new web services site from Andy Alagappan, COO of Epromotionz. The web services include:

• Web 2.0 
• Website Designs
• Blog Design
• SEO
• Social Media Marketing
• On-line Branding
• Video SEO.

Those web services are aimed at B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) web site clients such as independent service provider’s, Sales and Management Consultants, CPA’s, Doctors, Attorneys, IT Consultants, Salons and so on. Specifically, Newwebtemplates is for clients:

• requiring a complete redesign of an existing, old website to Web 2.0 programming standards,
• that need a custom blog designed for their business,
• and/or custom websites with a strong interactive focus.

The following video is a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) client testimonial from Brian Slaven, President of Carroll Group about Newwebtemplates' service.

Thank-you @newwebtemplates, another of my @Chaella Tweeple, for sharing with us. 

Eco-friendly Brands as 'Tools for Change' - @vyouz

Vyouz Network: Social, Economic and Environmental Change

Hello, Everyone!  The Vyouz Network is a platform (UK and USA) for positive social, economic and environmental change of which Virgil Vyouz is the brains! The key aim and vision of all involved with the Vyouz Network is helping to reduce the negative impact we have on our planet, Earth, by developing innovative, eco-friendly brands as genuine "tools for change". Most of Vyouz's concepts directly address ways to help protect our planet.


Vyouz Highlights:

• Free Websites - which provide tools required to re-use, recycle, give-away and swap unwanted items, daily.
• Classified Websites - which support their free websites including 'GivAid' (their charitable arm)
• Social Networking Engine- meet and make friends with others that genuinely care about our planet.
• Eco-friendly Infrastructure - Vyouz is hosted using 100% renewable energy via usage of servers that are powered solely by wind, water and solar power.
• Vyouz Ethos - Your views (vyouz) count, so as their motto states, they want you/us to "See it. Say it. Change it."

You may view Vyouz Network videos at Vyouz's Channel.  Thank-you, @vyouz (another of my @Chaella Tweeple) for sharing with us!

State-of-the-Art Web Experiences - @Web_Spiders

Cutting-edge Technology Solutions for Your Business

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Web Spiders, a global RIA and mobile application solutions company. Web Spiders' core competencies are:

• Mobile Solutions - mCommerce Solutions, Mobile Apps (all major platforms including BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, Symbian OS, and Windows Mobile) and Mobile Websites
• Rich Internet Applications (RIA) - including Adobe Flex and AIR, AJAX (HTML5) , Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Presentation Foundation
• Enterprise Content Management (ECM) - including Ektron and open source platforms Drupal, Magento

Web Spiders' focus and mission is to drive its clients' revenues and profitability by providing product development and digital marketing services via a best-shore delivery model. The video, below, features Siddharth Jhunjhunwala, CEO and Founder of Web Spiders, speaking about their mission and  values.

Thank-you @Web_Spiders (another of my @Chaella Tweeple) for sharing with us!

A Unique, New Web Directory - @Nimcube

Promote Your Site with a Nimcube!

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Nimcube.com, by Kevin Cube. Nimcube.com is a unique, revolutionary web directory designed to promote website pages, blogs, forums and more! Nimcube.com features 625 Nimcubes which are the clickable, 40 x 40 pixel(s) square-block images that represent a website, blog, forum or similar. The purpose of the Nimcube is to introduce others to your profile or homepage. When your mouse pointer hovers over a Nimcube an informational preview appears for that site. Of course you can click the Nimcube to actually visit that site, as well! Visit Nimcube.com to experience this neat, new website directory for yourself! It's a creative way to advertise/promote your site.

As of this post 47 Nimcubes are taken, already! Those of us that secure one of the remaining Nimcubes will be part of this elite (625 only), revolutionary web directory!

Thank-you @Nimcube (another of my @DelynMiche Tweeple) for sharing with us!

Pollinate Your Brand - @JasonSilvestri

Building Brands for the Elite

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Jason Silvestri.com.  Jason Silvestri is a 360○ leader & serial entrepreneur that uses design, social media, technology and genuine relationships to help cultivate brand messages for elite brands (personal and business) to distinguish such brands from their competition. Currently, Silvestri is contracted at MIT.

In the following video Silvestri shares encouraging words of wisdom with us regarding branding and particularly, "YOU have to act!", "Everybody is worth something!" and "Some of the best relationships are made face-to-face.".

Thank-you @JasonSilvestri (another of my @DelynMiche Tweeple) for sharing with us!

Related Book:

'10 Steps to a Winning Brand'
The author, Jon Ward, is a brand consultant, marketing strategist and business educator.
As a faculty member of Trump University he helped fashion the branding and development
of this hugely successful online educational enterprise. He is co-creator of more than a dozen Trump training products, including 'Branding for Profit', 'How To Build A Fortune' and the 'Wealth Builder’s Action Plan'.

Shoe Soles for Souls - @Soles4Souls

Proceeds from this book benefit children
around the world through Soles4Souls.
Visit New Childrens Book ... for more information.

Changing the World, One Pair of Shoes at a Time

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Soles4Souls. "Soles4Souls is a Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you. The charity distributes these shoes free of charge to people in need, regardless of race, religion, class, or any other criteria. Since 2005, Soles4Souls has given away over 10 million pairs of new and gently worn shoes (currently donating one pair every 7 seconds.) The shoes have been distributed to people in over 125 countries, including ..." ~ Soles4Souls 

Read more about Soles4Souls at Changing the World - One Pair at a Time®. The following Soles4Souls video features a special "thank-you" to everyone that went with them to Haiti, in July 2010, to help them "Change The World One Pair At A Time!".

Thank-you @Soles4Souls (another of my @DelynMiche Tweeple) for the work you do and for sharing with us!

More SEO for 'Heart's Desires Are Coming True, Globally!'

Photo courtesy of Photo8.com

Updating the Heart's Desires Come True Template

Hello, Everyone! I'm still excited about sharing more of your content in the remaining months of 2010! So, I'm updating this template's sidebars so space is utilized even more efficiently, and consequently, more beautifully. My long-held goal is to reduce the height of the home-page, yet retain the information I'm sharing in a more attractive, space-efficient manner. Therefore, soon you will see tabs in the right, center and left sidebars. The information that is contained in individual sections/widgets will go into those tabbed sections. In the interim, you'll see some list of links in drop-down menus in order to reduce the height of the sidebar(s). Also, I've coded some information to only be visible off the home-page/on the post page(s). One of the main results of these changes is that your content will 'stand-out' even more when it is featured in my posts.

Fortunately, as I follow you all on Twitter I add shortcuts/your links to my pc desktop file folders so that I can find your content when I'm scheduling post, again. As always, I appreciate you all sharing your content with me so that I can share it with the rest of this blog's ever-growing global audience! Take care!


P.S.: The following three links are for some of the new blog template customizations I am doing, in addition to this one:

• Chae Designs
• Chae Designs Gallery
• Chae Designs Online

Monetizing Your Blogsite with VigLink

VigLink: An Easier Way to Monetize Links On Your Blog

Hello, Everyone! I'm back from an extended break and I will resume sharing 'Tweeple videos' and tweeting in the days ahead! Also, I've just learned about VigLink. "VigLink is a content monetization company that makes affiliate marketing very easy for bloggers. We offer a simple snippet of code you can install in your blog that automatically and transparently does all the work for you. We've catalogued and signed up for more than 12,500 affiliate programs and we collect all the performance information and deliver you a single integrated payment. In return, VigLink takes 25% of the incremental revenue you earn." ~ Blogger Buzz

Read more about VigiLink and monetizing your blogsite.

Books:
The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie
ProBlogger: Secrets for Blogging Your Way to a Six-Figure Income (by fellow @Chaella Tweeter, @problogger.)

What Is Social Media Doing for Business? - @AandASocialMktg

See What Social Media Is Doing and What It Can Do for Your Small Business

Hello, Everyone! This post features A&A Social Marketing, the business of fellow @DelynMiche Tweeters, @AandASocialMktg. A&A Social Marketing provides solutions to any business that desires to use social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and etc.) to get their message out to the masses. They specialize in tailoring their services to your business needs.

The following video 'Social Media Revolution 2' is a refresh of the original video with new and updated social media & mobile statistics, based on the book 'Socialnomics' by Erik Qualman, that are hard to ignore. This video clarifies how effective and potent social media is!

Thank you @AandASocialMktg for sharing this video with us!

Enjoying a Pool Break in the Gold Coast - @zonki

Taking a Break from the Entrepreneurial Tasks

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @zonki a.k.a Greg Martin.  As Martin states, "Internet marketing & connecting with people drives me. Seeing others prosper excites me."

This video features Martin taking a break from his entrepreneurial work in the tranquil swimming pool at his home in the Gold Coast, Australia. To learn more about Martin, visit the links above.

Thank-you @zonki for sharing with us!

Entrepreneurs, please do not forget to take really good breaks from your work, on occasion. After your break(s) you'll be refreshed and far more efficient! Good breaks are so beneficial for the mind, body and soul!

Universal Gospel: Crossing Musical Genres - @darrynzewalk

Jazzy, Contemporary Gospel Music

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @darrynzewalk, a.k.a. Darryn Zewalk. Zewalk is an Independent Universal Gospel Singer/Songwriter and Arranger. His music is best described as Universal Gospel (gospel, R&B, Jazz), a style that crosses musical genres.

Zewalk's music is a testimony of what the Lord (Jesus Christ) has brought him through and what the Lord will do for you, when you surrender to him (so He can bless you with His best for every aspect of your life). You can listen to some of Zewalk's beautiful, inspiring music via the widget music player, below.

Thank-you, @darrynzewalk for sharing with us!

A Story of Second Chances - @TheRobertD

You Don't Have to Like Writing to Be an Accomplished Writer/Author (#8)

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features the books of Andy Andrews shared with us via fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @TheRobertD,  a.k.a. Robert D. Smith. Smith is in Artist Management and a leader in providing life-changing, life-enhancing entertainment resources.

In the following videos Andy Andrews, the New York Times Best-selling Author of 'The Traveler's Gift', 'The Noticer' and several other books, talks about 'The Traveler's Gift' and 'Return to Sawyerton Springs' during this interview with Clifton Davis on the Trinity Broacast Network (TBN) on September 8, 2009.

Thank-you @TheRobertD for sharing with us!

More Andy Andrews books:

• The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success
• The Traveler's Gift Journal
• Return to Sawyerton Springs: A Mostly True Tale Filled with Love, Learning, and Laughter
• The Noticer: Sometimes, all a person needs is a little perspective.
• The Butterfly Effect: How Your Life Matters
• Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: An Owner's Manual to the New York Times Bestseller, The Traveler's Gift

Imparting Hope and Empowering Destiny - @revtrev

We Can Live Above the Negativity, Everyday!

Hello, Everyone! This post features RevTrev.com by fellow @MichaelasJoie Tweeter, @revtrev (a.k.a Trevor Lund) of Alberta, Canada. Lund is a Christian Speaker, Freelance Business Writer and Christian Writer/Author. Also, Lund and his wife Karen are Lead Dreamers of Expectancy Ministries.




Lund loves to impart hope and empower destinies in others. Some of his books are:

• Life Above the Negativity – From 10 minutes a Day
• How to Hope at the End of the Rope
• How to Inspire Dreamers and Empower Dreams – Why Leaders Must Invest in Applicable Inspiration

In the following video 'Life Above The Negativity Challenge' Lund reminds us that as we follow Jesus' example, we cannot afford to have a thought, word or action that is contrary to the will/heart's desire of the Father (our Creator/God). Thank-you @revtrev (and Mrs. Lund) for sharing with us!

Cross-cultural, International Business Etiquette - @expertetiquette

How's Your Business, Corporate, Social and International Etiquette?

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features EtiquetteOutreach, the etiquette-training services of fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @expertetiquette a.k.a Lyudmila Bloch.
EtiquetteOutreach is a leader in etiquette-training services in New York City and abroad. They have provided business, social, formal, and modern etiquette curriculum to schools, colleges, universities, corporations and not-for-profit organizations.

Whether rich or poor, privileged or disadvantaged, they believe that every child deserves the chance to excel beyond all expectations. Their goal is to touch as many lives as possible so that they, in turn, can transform the world!

Lyudmila Bloch is a business etiquette consultant and current vendor to the NYC Department of Education, and has trained thousands of educators, corporate executives, Wall Street bankers, MBA graduates, and other clients in business, corporate, social and international etiquette. She has hosted leadership training programs, led business etiquette seminars and provided executive coaching to Fortune 500 companies, universities, and national educational conferences in New York City and Albany, NY. Also, Bloch is:

• a multilingual, cross-cultural business/social/dining etiquette expert coach in New York City,
• a private etiquette coach with over 20 years of corporate experience, in America and abroad,
• an etiquette author and
• a community supporter of New York City.  ~ EtiquetteOutreach

Some of the books Bloch has co-authored, with Rosemary Carroll, are:

• The Golden Rules of Etiquette at The Plaza,
• World-Class Business Etiquette, and
• Why Teach Character Education

The following video features EtiquetteOutreach in action. Thank-you @expertetiquette for sharing with us!

Etiquette Outreach Program for Schools in New York City from Lyudmila Bloch on Vimeo.

Establish Your Real Estate Investment Portfolio - @brettclothier

Maximize Your Investment Dollars

Hello, Everyone! This post features Memphis Invest, a family-owned real estate investment firm in Memphis, Tennessee (USA). Fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @brettclothier (a.k.a Brett Clothier) is a Real Estate Investor within this firm. 

At Memphis Invest they search for ways to maximize their clients’ investment dollar, while minimizing the risk. They provide strategically-located investment real estate properties that provide positive cash flow, tax benefits, and peace of mind investing for all of their clients.

The following video features Chris Clothier, one of the founders of Memphis Invest, sharing more about their real estate investment firm.

Thank-you @brettclothier (& Chris Clothier) for sharing with us!

Flora and Fauna of Tranquil Arnold Creek - @WindermerePads

Enjoy Peace and Tranquility at Arnold Creek, Everyday!

Hello, Everyone! Today's post features Windermere Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc., a real estate company featuring properties of the Portland, OR area. I learned of Windermere from fellow @DelynMiche Tweeter, @WindermerePads (a.ka. Dana Griggs).

Griggs has a remote video featuring a lovely 1991 residential property in Portland, which backs to a beautiful 'green' space (forest) and Arnold Creek. Other features of this property are:

• Quiet cul-de-sac
• An artist studio
• Landscaped yard (I love the backyard's landscaping; it's gorgeous!)
• A pond  
• Two (2) decks overlooking the forest and creek
• An in-law apartment
• Five bedrooms
• 3 full bathrooms
• 1 half bathroom
• Open, vaulted ceilings
• Natural light throughout
• Located near great schools

Just imagine, if this were your residence you could enjoy the peace and tranquility of this home beside Arnold Creek, everyday!